Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
The CCA, AIMp, NPA, PSNC and RPSGB have provided a joint response to the Department of Children, Schools and Families consultation on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups legislation and the proposed scheme that will be administered by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). A joint response was prepared because of the wide ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
The following highlights recent state news about women's health-related legislation.
* Colorado: On Monday, the House voted 41-23 to pass a bill (SB 3) aimed at expanding access to birth control for low-income residents of Colorado, the Greeley Tribune reports (Villegas, Greeley Tribune, 2/19). The bill, which ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The South Dakota House on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve legislation (SB 65) that would require people who have been convicted of intentionally spreading HIV to register as sex offenders after being released from prison, the AP/Rapid City Journal reports (AP/Rapid City Journal, 2/19). The Senate approved the measure last ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The Indian Network for People Living With HIV/AIDS last week called on the country's Parliament to consider a bill during its upcoming budget session that aims to protect the rights of people living with the virus, The Hindu reports. The network plans to deliver a letter with 20,000 signatures in ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
The Health and Safety Executive has again urged construction companies to take sensible, effective precautions to protect employees and others affected by work at height.
This follows a sentencing at Aylesbury Crown Court, at which Environmental Reclamation Ltd (ERL) of St Albans, Hertfordshire, was fined a total of £30,000, and ordered ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
The House on Thursday voted 384-23 to approve legislation (HR 4848) that would extend for one year a law that prohibits health insurers from imposing annual or lifetime caps on mental health coverage that differ from those imposed for other illnesses, CQ Today reports. The law does not require health ...
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